Urban Governance Under the Ottomans (eBook, ePUB)

Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict
Redaktion: Freitag, Ulrike; Lafi, Nora

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on one of the most pressing topics in the field of Ottoman urban studies, namely the question why cities formerly known for their multi-ethnic and multi religious composition became increasingly marked by conflict in the 19th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317931782
• Artikelnr.: 41212503

Autorenporträt

Ulrike Freitag is an Historian specialised in the history of the modern Middle East and the Indian Ocean. She has served as director of Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin since 2002, and holds a professorship of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Nora Lafi is a Researcher at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. She is an Historian of the Ottoman Empire with a focus on Urban Studies. Amongst her publications, she coedited The City in the Ottoman Empire Migration and the Making of Urban Modernity (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Cosmopolitanism and Conflicts: Chances and Challenges in Ottoman Urban Governance Part I: The ottoman Urban Governance from Old regime to the Tanzimat Era 2 Ottoman Reform and Urban Government in the District of Jerusalem, 1867-1917 - Johann Bussow 3 Social Stratification and Change in Herzogovinian Urban Life in the Tanzimat Era - Hannes Grandits 4 [A Quest for] The Bourgeoisie of Istanbul - Edhem Eldem 5 The Role of Labour Migration for the Urban Economy and Governance of Nineteenth Century Istanbul - Florian Riedler 6 North to South Migration in the Imperial Era: Workers and Vagabonds between Vienna and Constantinople - Malte Fuhrmann Part II: Questions on Ottoman Urban Cosmopolitanism 7 Did Cosmopolitanism Exist in Eighteenth-century Istanbul? Stories of Christian and Jewish Artisans- Suraiya Faroqhi 8 A City Under Fire: Urban Violence in Istanbul during the Alemdar incident (1808) - Aysel Yildiz 9 From a Challenge to the Empire to a Challenge to Urban Cosmopolitanism? The 1819 Aleppo Riots and the Limits of the Imperial Urban Domestication of Factional Violence- Nora Lafi